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Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 57
Country:
# 222
Region:
# 2,581
World:
# 24,729
Citation
Total:
27,302
Last 6 Year:
11,200
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.410
i10 Index
Total:
229
Last 6 Year:
204
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.891
H-Index
Total:
84
Last 6 Year:
59
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.702
Applied linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Academic Discourse
English for Specific Purposes
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 52
Country:
# 330
Region:
# 4,259
World:
# 38,328
Citation
Total:
20,189
Last 6 Year:
7,659
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.379
i10 Index
Total:
143
Last 6 Year:
110
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.769
H-Index
Total:
73
Last 6 Year:
51
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.699
Language education
language policy
learning
teacher education
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 106
Country:
# 409
Region:
# 5,846
World:
# 49,651
Citation
Total:
16,695
Last 6 Year:
5,136
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.308
i10 Index
Total:
95
Last 6 Year:
56
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.589
H-Index
Total:
47
Last 6 Year:
33
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.702
English for academic purposes
English for specific purposes
second language writing
language policy
applied linguistics
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 71
Country:
# 503
Region:
# 7,525
World:
# 61,633
Citation
Total:
14,172
Last 6 Year:
8,032
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.567
i10 Index
Total:
113
Last 6 Year:
103
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.912
H-Index
Total:
53
Last 6 Year:
44
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.830
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 144
Country:
# 575
Region:
# 8,907
World:
# 71,175
Citation
Total:
12,691
Last 6 Year:
7,202
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.567
i10 Index
Total:
97
Last 6 Year:
90
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.928
H-Index
Total:
56
Last 6 Year:
47
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.839
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 156
Country:
# 610
Region:
# 9,355
World:
# 74,124
Citation
Total:
12,281
Last 6 Year:
6,660
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.542
i10 Index
Total:
16
Last 6 Year:
11
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.688
H-Index
Total:
15
Last 6 Year:
11
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.733
computational linguistics
corpus linguistics
Chinese linguistics
lexical semantics
ontology
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 97
Country:
# 646
Region:
# 10,040
World:
# 78,574
Citation
Total:
11,701
Last 6 Year:
5,185
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.443
i10 Index
Total:
243
Last 6 Year:
115
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.473
H-Index
Total:
51
Last 6 Year:
31
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.608
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 149
Country:
# 974
Region:
# 17,615
World:
# 126,457
Citation
Total:
7,739
Last 6 Year:
2,389
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.309
i10 Index
Total:
59
Last 6 Year:
38
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.644
H-Index
Total:
35
Last 6 Year:
20
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.571
Ecolinguistics
Stylistics
Metaphor
Critical Discourse Analysis
Linguistic Humour
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 14
Country:
# 1,235
Region:
# 24,981
World:
# 169,172
Citation
Total:
5,860
Last 6 Year:
1,890
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.323
i10 Index
Total:
25
Last 6 Year:
18
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.720
H-Index
Total:
19
Last 6 Year:
15
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.789
Bi-/Multilingualism
code-switching & translanguaging
Cantonese & Chinese literacy
English in HK & China
Cantonese as additio
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 191
Country:
# 1,236
Region:
# 24,986
World:
# 169,226
Citation
Total:
5,858
Last 6 Year:
1,833
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.313
i10 Index
Total:
68
Last 6 Year:
39
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.574
H-Index
Total:
38
Last 6 Year:
21
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.553
Corpus Linguistics
Conversational Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis
Lexical Semantics
Pragmatics
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 196
Country:
# 1,275
Region:
# 25,960
World:
# 174,640
Citation
Total:
5,675
Last 6 Year:
2,391
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.421
i10 Index
Total:
82
Last 6 Year:
51
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.622
H-Index
Total:
37
Last 6 Year:
27
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.730
Cantonese and Sinitic languages
language typology
language contact
bilingual development
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 333
Country:
# 1,305
Region:
# 26,703
World:
# 178,853
Citation
Total:
5,539
Last 6 Year:
1,799
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.325
i10 Index
Total:
66
Last 6 Year:
42
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.636
H-Index
Total:
34
Last 6 Year:
19
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.559
Bilingual development
second language acquisition
Cantonese grammar
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 313
Country:
# 1,393
Region:
# 28,921
World:
# 191,046
Citation
Total:
5,174
Last 6 Year:
1,616
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.312
i10 Index
Total:
42
Last 6 Year:
28
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.667
H-Index
Total:
28
Last 6 Year:
18
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.643
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 335
Country:
# 1,492
Region:
# 31,934
World:
# 207,411
Citation
Total:
4,753
Last 6 Year:
1,840
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.387
i10 Index
Total:
25
Last 6 Year:
22
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.880
H-Index
Total:
19
Last 6 Year:
17
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.895
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 243
Country:
# 1,556
Region:
# 33,570
World:
# 216,281
Citation
Total:
4,548
Last 6 Year:
1,867
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.411
i10 Index
Total:
22
Last 6 Year:
19
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.864
H-Index
Total:
20
Last 6 Year:
17
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.850
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 415
Country:
# 1,639
Region:
# 36,056
World:
# 228,997
Citation
Total:
4,275
Last 6 Year:
2,358
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.552
i10 Index
Total:
75
Last 6 Year:
63
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.840
H-Index
Total:
30
Last 6 Year:
25
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.833
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 261
Country:
# 1,673
Region:
# 37,336
World:
# 235,547
Citation
Total:
4,146
Last 6 Year:
2,019
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.487
i10 Index
Total:
52
Last 6 Year:
38
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.731
H-Index
Total:
32
Last 6 Year:
21
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.656
English for specific purposes
Language and law
Digital literacies
Multimodality
Language learning and technology
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 260
Country:
# 1,743
Region:
# 39,519
World:
# 246,884
Citation
Total:
3,941
Last 6 Year:
2,758
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.700
i10 Index
Total:
36
Last 6 Year:
29
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.806
H-Index
Total:
22
Last 6 Year:
20
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.909
sociolinguistics
language and the internet
internet linguistics
digital discourse
digital literacies
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 384
Country:
# 1,770
Region:
# 40,547
World:
# 252,124
Citation
Total:
3,852
Last 6 Year:
2,104
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.546
i10 Index
Total:
31
Last 6 Year:
24
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.774
H-Index
Total:
23
Last 6 Year:
18
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.783
Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Pragmatics
Lexical Semantics
Professional Communication
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 288
Country:
# 1,791
Region:
# 41,110
World:
# 255,206
Citation
Total:
3,799
Last 6 Year:
1,146
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.302
i10 Index
Total:
44
Last 6 Year:
22
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.500
H-Index
Total:
29
Last 6 Year:
16
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.552
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 295
Country:
# 1,826
Region:
# 42,404
World:
# 261,653
Citation
Total:
3,692
Last 6 Year:
1,853
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.502
i10 Index
Total:
53
Last 6 Year:
30
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.566
H-Index
Total:
27
Last 6 Year:
19
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.704
Large language models
knowledge graphs
graph neural networks
question answering
code generation
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 308
Country:
# 1,923
Region:
# 46,148
World:
# 280,516
Citation
Total:
3,403
Last 6 Year:
3,197
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.939
i10 Index
Total:
39
Last 6 Year:
39
Last 6 Year/Total:
1.000
H-Index
Total:
28
Last 6 Year:
27
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.964
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 31
Country:
# 1,935
Region:
# 46,634
World:
# 282,955
Citation
Total:
3,369
Last 6 Year:
1,596
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.474
i10 Index
Total:
42
Last 6 Year:
28
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.667
H-Index
Total:
29
Last 6 Year:
22
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.759
English medium instruction
English for Specific Purposes
English for Academic Purposes
Discourse Analysis
Health communicati
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 298
Country:
# 1,978
Region:
# 48,101
World:
# 290,275
Citation
Total:
3,269
Last 6 Year:
3,051
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.933
i10 Index
Total:
40
Last 6 Year:
40
Last 6 Year/Total:
1.000
H-Index
Total:
24
Last 6 Year:
22
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.917
Citation Rankings
University / Institution:
# 438
Country:
# 2,064
Region:
# 50,741
World:
# 303,341
Citation
Total:
3,103
Last 6 Year:
2,476
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.798
i10 Index
Total:
26
Last 6 Year:
25
Last 6 Year/Total:
0.962
H-Index
Total:
20
Last 6 Year:
20
Last 6 Year/Total:
1.000
AD Scientific Index - World Citation Ranking - 2024 CITATION H INDEX i10 INDEX
University Country Region World Name Country University / Institution Subject Total Last 6 Year Last 6 year/total Total Last 6 year Last 6 year/total Total Last 6 year Last 6 year/total
57 222 2,581 24,729
Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

literacy development across cultures | dyslexia | dysgraphia |

27,302 11,200 0.410 84 59 0.702 229 204 0.891
52 330 4,259 38,328
Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Applied linguistics | Discourse Analysis | Academic Discourse | English for Specific Purposes |

20,189 7,659 0.379 73 51 0.699 143 110 0.769
106 409 5,846 49,651
Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Language education | language policy | learning | teacher education |

16,695 5,136 0.308 47 33 0.702 95 56 0.589
71 503 7,525 61,633
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

English for academic purposes | English for specific purposes | second language writing | language policy | applied linguistics |

14,172 8,032 0.567 53 44 0.830 113 103 0.912
144 575 8,907 71,175
Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Second language writing | second language teacher education |

12,691 7,202 0.567 56 47 0.839 97 90 0.928
156 610 9,355 74,124
Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Literature | history | sexuality |

12,281 6,660 0.542 15 11 0.733 16 11 0.688
97 646 10,040 78,574
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

computational linguistics | corpus linguistics | Chinese linguistics | lexical semantics | ontology |

11,701 5,185 0.443 51 31 0.608 243 115 0.473
149 974 17,615 126,457
Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Language Education |

7,739 2,389 0.309 35 20 0.571 59 38 0.644
14 1,235 24,981 169,172
Hong Kong Hong Kong Lingnan University Lingnan University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Ecolinguistics | Stylistics | Metaphor | Critical Discourse Analysis | Linguistic Humour |

5,860 1,890 0.323 19 15 0.789 25 18 0.720
191 1,236 24,986 169,226
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Bi-/Multilingualism | code-switching & translanguaging | Cantonese & Chinese literacy | English in HK & China | Cantonese as additio |

5,858 1,833 0.313 38 21 0.553 68 39 0.574
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196 1,275 25,960 174,640
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Corpus Linguistics | Conversational Analysis | Critical Discourse Analysis | Lexical Semantics | Pragmatics |

5,675 2,391 0.421 37 27 0.730 82 51 0.622
333 1,305 26,703 178,853
Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Cantonese and Sinitic languages | language typology | language contact | bilingual development |

5,539 1,799 0.325 34 19 0.559 66 42 0.636
313 1,393 28,921 191,046
Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Bilingual development | second language acquisition | Cantonese grammar |

5,174 1,616 0.312 28 18 0.643 42 28 0.667
335 1,492 31,934 207,411
Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Applied linguistics | World Englishes | L2 writing | L2 phonology |

4,753 1,840 0.387 19 17 0.895 25 22 0.880
243 1,556 33,570 216,281
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Language Assessment and Applied Linguistics |

4,548 1,867 0.411 20 17 0.850 22 19 0.864
415 1,639 36,056 228,997
Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Second Language Acquisition |

4,275 2,358 0.552 30 25 0.833 75 63 0.840
261 1,673 37,336 235,547
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

English for specific purposes | world Englishes | sociolinguistics |

4,146 2,019 0.487 32 21 0.656 52 38 0.731
260 1,743 39,519 246,884
Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

English for specific purposes | Language and law | Digital literacies | Multimodality | Language learning and technology |

3,941 2,758 0.700 22 20 0.909 36 29 0.806
384 1,770 40,547 252,124
Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

sociolinguistics | language and the internet | internet linguistics | digital discourse | digital literacies |

3,852 2,104 0.546 23 18 0.783 31 24 0.774
288 1,791 41,110 255,206
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Discourse Analysis | Corpus Linguistics | Pragmatics | Lexical Semantics | Professional Communication |

3,799 1,146 0.302 29 16 0.552 44 22 0.500
295 1,826 42,404 261,653
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Linguistics |

3,692 1,853 0.502 27 19 0.704 53 30 0.566
308 1,923 46,148 280,516
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Large language models | knowledge graphs | graph neural networks | question answering | code generation |

3,403 3,197 0.939 28 27 0.964 39 39 1.000
31 1,935 46,634 282,955
Hong Kong Hong Kong Education University of Hong Kong Education University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Applied linguistics |

3,369 1,596 0.474 29 22 0.759 42 28 0.667
298 1,978 48,101 290,275
Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

English medium instruction | English for Specific Purposes | English for Academic Purposes | Discourse Analysis | Health communicati |

3,269 3,051 0.933 24 22 0.917 40 40 1.000
438 2,064 50,741 303,341
Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature

Digital Literacies | Identity | Investment in Language Learning |

3,103 2,476 0.798 20 20 1.000 26 25 0.962